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Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.

A guide to future employment and immigration law.

On 7 September, the UK Government announced the introduction of a new 1.25% levy which is intended to pay for adult social care reforms and enable the country's National Health Service to tackle the COVID-19 backlog. In this briefing we consider the implications this might have for overseas employers.

Travers Smith LLP has advised an investment vehicle backed by the founders, longstanding client Inflexion and all other shareholders, on the sale of Medivet Group Holdings Limited ("Medivet") to CVC Capital Partners VIII.

Welcome to the second in our series of podcasts focusing on international employment law. 

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

"Significant progress has been made for working mothers in terms of provision for maternity leave and flexible working (although there is still work to be done). However, genuine career parity can only be achieved if taking time out to care for children becomes the norm for fathers too."

Travers Smith LLP is advising longstanding client Exponent and certain other shareholders on the sale of Dennis, the leading international media group and publisher of The Week in the US and the UK, to Future plc (“Future”), the global platform for specialist media, for a purchase price of £300 million.

The FCA, the PRA and the Bank of England have issued a joint Discussion Paper on diversity and inclusion in the financial sector.

Welcome to the first in our series of podcasts focusing on international employment law. 

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, asset managers have found that many members of their workforce (of varying degrees of seniority) have been working for an extended period from abroad, rather than in the UK office. Post-Covid, some of these individuals have expressed a wish to spend all of their time, or a proportion of their time, working from abroad.

A regular briefing for the alternative asset management industry. 

Travers Smith LLP has advised August Equity LLP on its acquisition of Integrity360.

Welcome to the second episode in a pair of short videos looking at two of the most topical issues for employers as we come out of lockdown.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Miniclip (UK) Limited (Miniclip) on its acquisition of Supersonic Software Limited (Supersonic) and its subsidiary Appynation Ltd (Appynation), a leading independent games studio based in Leamington Spa.

Travers Smith LLP has advised the management team of Dreams on its c.£340 million acquisition by Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (Tempur) from Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (Sun Capital).

Welcome to the first in a pair of short videos looking at two of the most topical issues for employers as we come out of lockdown.

This pair of short videos look at two of the most topical issues for employers as we come out of lockdown.

Travers Smith LLP has advised BUUK Infrastructure on the sale of its UK smart meter business, Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd ("SMA"), to a consortium of Arcus Infrastructure Partners and GLIL Infrastructure.